We want to know which restaurants you think should be in the next Eat Out 500 featured in the 2016 Eat Out magazine. For each nomination, your name will be entered into the draw for a Caffeluxe Verona espresso machine plus a range of coffee capsules, worth R1500.

In the name of research (and pure curiosity), we scoured the web for a list of bizarre celebrity food demands. From strict coffee-stirring guidelines to top-secret guacamole recipes, here are twelve backstage demands that made us laugh.

This recipe is the creation of Jackie Cameron of Jackie Cameron School of Food and Wine. The school will be opening up in Hilton, KZN, on 7 April 2015, so there's still a small window to register. Here's a taste of Jackie's inspiring cuisine from the chef's recent recipe book: a butternut soup with a ball of pear ice cream.

This list includes all the Asian restaurants that made it into the Eat Out 500 – the best restaurants in SA as featured in the 2015 Eat Out magazine – so ready your chopsticks for everything from Thai curries, crispy duck and sushi to dim sum, pork belly and ramen.